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The Fair

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Parent Issue
Day
2
Month
October
Year
1863
Copyright
Public Domain
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TheCounty Fair oponed Wednesday ■ih a larger number oí entlies Iban sua! f'"" the first da-v As we .g0 t0 U ,.,- Thureday noon - it promises a „as but we have no room or time jueces) )or entended uüt The exeroises of the University ned yesterday. An inaugural ad,LS was delivered by President Ha„ and other public addrcsses as „„ticed in our last. fbe number of students present was .rirer than usual in all the de„artments. At 9 A. M. lees had beeu aid at the Treasurers office as follows: P Medical Dep., 168. Law " 97. Literary. " 41. 100 applicants had passed the exjminations in the Literary Department. Gold bas been up to 1.45J in weW York, but Weduesday cloi-ed at 1 40 Otner things have gone up „tb Gold. Our buyers are paying for j(0 1 White Wheat 1.30a 1.35, and for jfojRed l.lOal.15. For Wool 60a tfp The Board of Supervisors of jjj, (Jöunty wi)l meet in annual session „(the Second Monday o{. October, uit, the 12th. Those baving claims [o present to, or other bubiness to transact with, the Board should rernember the de- t l " The late State Fair proved to [je adecided success financially, and as tbe world wngs financial success is the te!t of merit. The receipts are put at „ver $11,000, an excess of $5,000 over ooy previous fair except that of 1859. The following officers of the Society ere eleeted for the ensuing year: Bbxj Follett, President. R. F. Johnstone, Secretary, H. C. Lewis, of Coldwater, Treas'r. Another week we shall endeavor to ve a list of premiums avvarded to exhibitors from the county jy We have received the October number of the American Agricultunst ti J2 pages filled with matter replete Kitb interest to the professional or amateur farmer, gardener, stock grower, hoiticultiirist, &c. The Agriculturist, isoneof the hftndsomest printed jourimIb that comes lo our table, and the type aod arrangement of its departments s such that we ruay say multum i parvo, and then the text is Ilústrate with choice weod engravinga pertinent to the eubjects treated up.m. We can't see how the agriculturist or horticulturist can "run the machine" with out i t. It has an able editorial corps, is up with the times, and is a "sound and rehable" journul. $1 a yeir ; six copies, $5; len copies, $8; and those subscnbing for 1864 during the month oj October, will get in adiilion, the November and December numbers of the current year. And, bewides, to eaeh single or club subscriber vvho will rerait five cents, to pay for pucking and mailing, a plant oí Seth Boy den 's wonderful new Strawbery will be eent - Tbis variuty, which uxcited gre;it adrairation at the Summer Exliibition, was hought ftr thia purpoee by tho proprieturs of the Agriculturist-tigainst on offer of $3,000 frora speculatina; cultivators - and can be obtained in no other way. We bave forwarded our fivecents, and think our fiiends can find no better inv_estment for a $1.00 green-back plus 5 cents. Address OkageJüdd,41 Park Row N. Y. - The Agnculturist, Strawberry Plant, and Argus furnished for $2.30. ÍS" The October number of Frank Leiüe' Magazine, is full and complete in it fashion department, and has its Uiiial quota of "blood and thunder" literatura - a kind of literature that unfortunatttly finds numerous readers. - )3 ayuür with a premium novel, Aurofa Floyd, or the Bankei's Daughter. - Addreea Frank Lkslie, N„Y.

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Old News
Michigan Argus